Spirituality

Loving vs. Controlling Behavior
Do I Have To Give Up ME to be Loved by GOD?
by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
Loving behavior is personally accountable behavior that nurtures and supports our own and others' spiritual growth and highest good. It is behavior that is consciously intended to give something helpful - like support, compassion or understanding - to our

Shame as a Form of Control
Do I Have To Give Up ME to be Loved by GOD?
by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
One of the most common forms of control is shame. It can be a little difficult to see how feeling ashamed is a form of control. Let's start by reviewing how core shame - the false belief that you are essentially bad - begins. When, as infants and young ch

We Are The Goddess: Sex, Creation & the Universal Mind

When we really open our hearts and souls and look inside we eventually start to realize our connection with all of creation because we are an integral part of that creation process. I have heard far too many people including myself say but I'm not.

The True Magic : In Lovemaking Magic

If you really want to feel bliss in your life, learn to integrate balance into all aspects of your life. As you do that you can incorporate these same balances into your sexual life. This fall and winter I will give you an introduction to the Five Keys

Spiritual Abuse leads us to many false beliefs about God

I often hear people say I didn't ask to be born, or I didn't ask to be in this family with these parents. When you believe that God is a person or that God is demanding, controlling and judgmental, then you may believe that God made you come here

Embracing Our Dark Side
Do I Have To Give Up ME to be Loved by GOD?
by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
Our wounded self is our dark or shadow side, not because it is bad but because it is cut off from the light of God. It lives in the darkness of fear and the heaviness of false beliefs instead of in the light of love and truth. Moving toward enlighte

A Saint for Us – St. Catherine
by Kathryn B. Lord, L.C.S.W.
Years ago, I spent a month in the countryside of England. One of my most magical memories was a night in Abbotsbury, a lovely village in Dorset (Thomas Hardy country), right on the coast. After my first dinner in a pub, we walked down a country lane

Love and Power: Earthly vs. Spiritual

What we call love on the earthly level is not love at all. Love on the earthly level is about getting something for ourselves - approval, security, attention, understanding, sex, affection. Love on the spiritual level is about giving something to ours

Soul Provider
by Joseph Ghabi
I had the intention of writing about Soul Mates but it occurred to me to write more about a Soul on its own beforehand. I believe we need to address what we mean by a Soul before we get into anything else. A Soul is a Divine entity that keeps moving fr

Why I Wrote This Book
Praying for Recovery, Psalms and Meditations
by Eli Ezry
It has been said that all addiction is search for God, though addicts unfortunately search in the wrong places - whether in alcohol, drugs, gambling, food, pornography, or work, or in another person, through codependency, sex, or love.

Controlling God Through Core Shame
Do I Have To Give Up ME to be Loved by GOD?
by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
Every day I hear clients say to me, regarding their beliefs about God, God is not going to be here for me because I am not good enough. In essence, they are saying, I am in control of whether God is unconditionally loving. My worth, or lack of it, dete

Marriage as a Spiritual Path
Listen with Your Heart : Seeking the Sacred in Romantic Love
by Eileen Flanagan
When marriage is seen as a spiritual path, it expands our ability to love, benefiting more than just two partners. It may serve as a nurturing environment for children. Or it may offer one or both partners the support needed to perform socially beneficial

Identifying Your Personality Type
The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types
by Don Richard Riso, Russ Hudson
The Enneagram (pronounced ANY-a-gram) is a geometric figure that maps out the nine fundamental personality types of human nature and their complex interrelationships. It is a development of modern psychology that has roots in spiritual wisdom from many

Stress with a Human Face
Stand Like Mountain Flow Like Water: Reflections on Stress and Human Spirituality
by Brian Luke Seaward, Ph.D.
These are stressful times. You can see it in people's eyes and hear it in their voices. It's a feeling that seems to be ever-present, despite our best efforts to overcome it.

Save a Seat for Your Angel!

Angels are messengers of light and love. When we connect with our angelic messengers, we are connecting with the Divine. I know that Angels exist in my life and they are an important part of my reality. My connection with Angels began while attending St.

The Earthly and the Spiritual

Spiritual abuse, which is anything in our religious, educational, and child rearing practices that disconnects us from a personal source of spiritual guidance, wreaks havoc within each of us and within our society as a whole.

Visions and Dreams : We are the Co-creators of Our Future
by Debora Myers
Collectively we are standing at the edge of a great divide. Do we fall into the chasm or do we work together to build a bridge to the other side? It is up to you and I. At this time of horrible war, many of us are asking ourselves what lies ahead for our

Meditation 101
Diary of a Modern Day Goddess
by Cynthia Daddona
When you hear the word goddess, it conjures up an image of Greek mythology. Names like Venus, Aphrodite and Athena pop into your head. But in this wonderful book, award-winning writer Cynthia Daddona gives us a much simpler definition of a goddess

Why Do Bad Things Happen?
Fire in the Soul: A New Psychology of Spiritual optimism
by Joan Borysenko
I had almost finished the first draft of this chapter late in June 1990 when a tragedy led our family to ask the age-old question: Why? If there is any love in this universe, why do bad things happen? My husband, Myrin, and I were sound asleep when we

Introduction
Qigong: Essence of the Healing Dance
by Garri Garripoli
Qigong: Essence of the Healing Dance will show you that you carry within yourself the ability to heal. Learn to tap into this innate gift and dance your own dance of life. You are sure to find this book fascinating, even life changing.